Omar Sabbour is an independent Egyptian writer and activist. His main research area centres around the Arab Spring - and reactions to it by both western establishments and 'anti-establishment' movements. He has been interviewed on Al-Araby, Orient TV and Al-Jazeera. Some of his written work can be found in the Huffington Post and the New Arab.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDistancing to protect: the US role in preserving the Syrian regimeHow the US prevented the overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria by dissociating itself from it.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Why would Assad do it?” Debunking the abstract theories surrounding Syria’s chemical attacksThe April chemical attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma provoked widely-circulated theories questioning why the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Britain’s recognition of Israel violated its colonial “mandate” over PalestineBritain’s undertakings from the government’s own archives, show a pride rooted in false promises of “one nation...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow Saudi Arabia and Iran shared the rise and fall of Ali Abdullah SalehThe commonly held view that the conflicts in Yemen – and elsewhere in the region – are a proxy war between Iran and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDon't do It: why attacking Afrin city would be a major blunder for the Syrian rebelsTo attack a major Kurdish population centre alongside the forces of a historical adversary is a mistake firstly in...